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Water Polo, Women

Date24 July – 7 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationTokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan
Participants130 from 10 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

The clear favorite in the women’s tournament was the United States team, which had won the last two gold medals, the World Championships in 2015, 2017, and 2019, and also the 2019 World League. The group stages were very close in both groups. The USA lost in an upset against Hungary, but still won their group. In the other group Australia, Spain, and the Netherlands were tied with 3 wins and 1 loss and were only classified according to their head-to-head results. The USA easily won their quarter- and semi-final, while Spain defeated China and Hungary to also advance to the final.

In the final the United States continued their dominance, easily defeating Spain, 14-5, to win their third gold medal in a row. Hungary, the record winner in men’s water polo, won the bronze medal match against the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team and secured its first ever women water polo medal.

PosTeamNOC
1United StatesUSAGold
GoalkeeperAshleigh Johnson
DriverMaddie Musselman
Centre ForwardMelissa Seidemann
DriverRachel Fattal
DriverPaige Hauschild
DriverMaggie Steffens
DriverStephania Haralabidis
DriverJamie Neushul
Centre ForwardAria Fischer
DriverKaleigh Gilchrist
Centre BackMakenzie Fischer
Centre BackAlys Williams
GoalkeeperAmanda Longan
CoachAdam Krikorian
2SpainESPSilver
GoalkeeperLaura Ester
Centre BackMarta Bach
DriverAnna Espar
DriverBea Ortiz
DriverElena Ruiz
Centre BackIrene González
DriverClara Espar
DriverPili Peña
DriverJudith Forca
DriverRoser Tarragó
Centre ForwardMaica García
Centre ForwardPaula Leitón
GoalkeeperMaría Elena Sánchez
CoachMiki Oca
3HungaryHUNBronze
GoalkeeperEdina Gangl
DriverDorottya Szilágyi
DriverVanda Vályi
DriverGréta Gurisatti
Centre BackGabriella Szűcs
Centre ForwardRebecca Parkes
DriverAnna Illés
DriverRita Keszthelyi
DriverDóra Leimeter
Centre ForwardAnikó Gyöngyössy
Centre BackNataša Rybanská
DriverKrisztina Garda
GoalkeeperAlda Magyari
CoachAttila Bíró
4ROCROC
GoalkeeperYevgeniya Golovina
DriverMariya Bersneva
Centre ForwardYekaterina Prokofyeva
DriverElvina Karimova
Centre BackVeronika Vakhitova
DriverAnastasiya Fedotova
DriverAlyona Serzhantova
Centre BackAnastasiya Simanovich
Centre BackAnna Timofeyeva
Centre BackYevgeniya Soboleva
DriverYevgeniya Ivanova
DriverNadezhda Fedotova
GoalkeeperAnna Karnaukh
CoachAleksandr Gaydukov
5AustraliaAUS
GoalkeeperLea Yanitsas
DriverKeesja Gofers
Centre BackHannah Buckling
DriverBronte Halligan
Centre ForwardElle Armit
Centre BackBronwen Knox
DriverRowie Webster
Centre BackAmy Ridge
DriverZoe Arancini
DriverLena Mihailovic
Centre ForwardTilly Kearns
DriverAbby Andrews
GoalkeeperGabriella Palm
CoachPredrag Mihailovic
6NetherlandsNED
GoalkeeperJoanne Koenders
Centre ForwardMaud Megens
DriverDagmar Genee
Centre ForwardSabrina van der Sloot
Centre ForwardIris Wolves
Centre ForwardNomi Stomphorst
Centre ForwardKitty Joustra
DriverVivian Sevenich
Centre ForwardMaartje Keuning
DriverIlse Koolhaas
Centre ForwardSimone van de Kraats
Centre ForwardBrigitte Sleeking
GoalkeeperDebby Willemsz
CoachArno Havenga
7CanadaCAN
GoalkeeperClara Vulpisi
Centre BackKelly McKee
DriverAxelle Crevier
Centre ForwardEmma Wright
DriverMonika Eggens
DriverGurpreet Sohi
DriverJoëlle Békhazi
Centre ForwardElyse Lemay-Lavoie
Centre BackHayley McKelvey
DriverKyra Christmas
Centre BackKindred Paul
DriverShae La Roche
GoalkeeperClaire Wright
CoachDavid Paradelo
8People's Republic of ChinaCHN
GoalkeeperPeng Lin
Centre BackWang Xinyan
Centre BackMei Xiaohan
Centre ForwardXiong Dunhan
DriverNiu Guannan
DriverZhai Ying
DriverLu Yiwen
DriverWang Huan
DriverDeng Zewen
DriverZhang Danyi
Centre ForwardChen Xiao
DriverZhang Jing
GoalkeeperShen Yineng
CoachPetar Porobić
9JapanJPN
GoalkeeperRikako Miura
DriverYumi Arima
DriverAkari Inaba
DriverEruna Ura
Centre BackKaho Iwano
Centre ForwardMiku Koide
DriverMaiko Hashida
DriverYuki Niizawa
DriverMinori Yamamoto
DriverKako Kawaguchi
Centre BackMarina Tokumoto
DriverKyoko Kudo
GoalkeeperMinami Shioya
CoachMakihiro Motomiya
10South AfricaRSA
GoalkeeperMeghan Maartens
Centre ForwardYanah Gerber
Centre BackGeorgia Moir
DriverBoati Motau
Centre ForwardMegan Sileno
DriverAmica Hallendorff
Centre BackShakira January
DriverAshleigh Vaughan
DriverHanna Muller
DriverJordan Wedderburn
Centre BackChloe Meecham
DriverNicola MacLeod
GoalkeeperHannah Calvert
CoachDelaine Mentoor

Preliminary Round

Date24 July – 1 August 2021

Group A

Date24 July – 1 August 2021
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1SpainESP301671-37
2AustraliaAUS301646-33
3NetherlandsNED301675-41
4CanadaCAN103248-39
5South AfricaRSA00407-97
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #124 Jul 14:00Australia 1AUS8 – 5CanadaCAN
Match #224 Jul 15:30Spain 2ESP29 – 4South Africa 3RSA
Match #326 Jul 18:20Australia 4AUS15 – 12NetherlandsNED
Match #426 Jul 19:50Spain 5ESP14 – 10CanadaCAN
Match #528 Jul 14:00CanadaCAN21 – 1South Africa 6RSA
Match #628 Jul 15:30NetherlandsNED14 – 13Spain 7ESP
Match #730 Jul 14:00NetherlandsNED33 – 1South Africa 8RSA
Match #830 Jul 19:50Spain 9ESP15 – 9Australia 10AUS
Match #901 Aug 15:30Netherlands 11NED16 – 12Canada 12CAN
Match #1001 Aug 19:50AustraliaAUS14 – 1South Africa 13RSA

Group B

Date24 July – 1 August 2021
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1United StatesUSA301664-26
2HungaryHUN211546-43
3ROCROC211553-61
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN202451-50
5JapanJPN004044-78
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #124 Jul 18:20United StatesUSA25 – 4Japan 14JPN
Match #224 Jul 19:50ROCROC18 – 17People's Republic of China 15CHN
Match #326 Jul 14:00United StatesUSA12 – 7People's Republic of China 16CHN
Match #426 Jul 15:30ROC 17ROC10 – 10HungaryHUN
Match #528 Jul 18:20Hungary 18HUN10 – 9United StatesUSA
Match #628 Jul 19:50People's Republic of China 19CHN16 – 11JapanJPN
Match #730 Jul 15:30United States 20USA18 – 5ROCROC
Match #830 Jul 18:20Hungary 21HUN17 – 13Japan 22JPN
Match #901 Aug 14:00People's Republic of China 23CHN11 – 9HungaryHUN
Match #1001 Aug 18:20ROC 24ROC20 – 16Japan 25JPN

Quarter-Finals

Date3 August 2021
FormatWinners of each match advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #103 Aug 14:00United StatesUSA16 – 5Canada 26CAN
Match #203 Aug 15:30Spain 27ESP11 – 7People's Republic of China 28CHN
Match #303 Aug 18:20HungaryHUN14 – 11Netherlands 29NED
Match #403 Aug 19:50ROC 30ROC9 – 8Australia 31AUS

Classification Round 5-8

Date5 – 7 August 2021
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 Aug 18:20Netherlands 32NED13 – 6People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #207 Aug 9:30Australia 33AUS10 – 10CanadaCAN

Semi-Finals

Date5 August 2021
FormatWinners of each match advanced to finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 Aug 18:20United StatesUSA15 – 11ROC 34ROC
Match #205 Aug 19:50SpainESP8 – 6HungaryHUN

Final Round

Date5 – 7 August 2021
FormatClassification round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/207 Aug 16:30United States 35USA14 – 5Spain 36ESP
Match 3/407 Aug 13:40Hungary 37HUN11 – 9ROC 38ROC
Match 5/607 Aug 11:00Australia 39AUS14 – 7Netherlands 40NED
Match 7/805 Aug 14:00Canada 41CAN16 – 7People's Republic of China 42CHN